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package java.net;
/**
* Defines a factory which creates an {@code URLStreamHandler} for a specified
* protocol. It is used by the class {@code URL}.
*/
public interface URLStreamHandlerFactory {
/**
* Creates a new {@code URLStreamHandler} instance for the given {@code
* protocol}.
*
* @param protocol
* the protocol for which a handler is needed.
* @return the created handler.
*/
URLStreamHandler createURLStreamHandler(String protocol);
}